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david w.:
I see when you draw a warbow the way you do it is different than the way I see a normal bow pulled back.  I'm going to start making a warbow soon so I want to know how to shoot it correctly. :)

ratty:
drawing to the ear is the accepted draw technique with many variations of how to draw and release.

here is a gif of me drawing and shooting my 133# bow flatish at a target 100yds. obviously shooting for distance is different.

cracker:
Do you still pull in the first joint of your fingers and you use three or four fingers?Ronnie

ratty:

--- Quote from: cracker on January 20, 2009, 08:13:47 pm ---Do you still pull in the first joint of your fingers and you use three or four fingers?Ronnie

--- End quote ---

ive used 3 and 2 never 4 , but three seems to be the best for me on the first joint, unless i'm shooting a horsebow then i use a thumbring up to 120# so far.

bow-toxo:
             If you are interested in the late mediaeval/Tudor style, draw to the ear, sometimes the shaft hand dropped to the collarbone, a very brief hold, and no looking at the arrow. Either a high draw, as demonstrated by Ratty, or a low draw, the straightened bow arm brought up as the shaft hand pulls back, to draw less attention of game or enemy.. Grip on the string in both England and France was second joint of forefinger and first joint of ring finger,. Middle finger as it fits.  With instinctive shooting there is a tendency to loose the arrow when it is pointed at the mark, so it is best to come to full draw before pointing the arrow at the mark. In practice not more than two or three arrows were shot at an end. Practice was to hit with the first arrow or at least the second, rather than accumulate points.

                                      Erik

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